Nick Dempsey

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Olympic medal record
Men's Sailing
Bronze 2004 Men's sailboard

Nick Dempsey (born 13 August 1980 in Norwich) is an English windsurfer. Dempsey booked his first international success at the 1998 Mistral Youth World Championships where he won the bronze medal. As a senior his first win was clinched at the North Sea Cup Series in Pevensey Bay and an additional third place in the Kieler Woche. During the 2000 Summer Olympics he finished in 16th position. He continued winning competitions in 2001 and beyond like Athens Eurolymp Week, Kieler Woche and the SPA Regatta before finishing third at the 2004 Summer Olympics to take the windsurfing bronze medal.

When switching to the RS:X class he won race after race, resulting in the first spot on the RS:X world rankings. On his road to glory he took the gold medal at the 2006 RS:X European Championships. Later he disappointed at the 2006 RS:X World Championships when he only finished in 5th position.

[edit] Achievements

Year Position Windsurfing class Event
2006 Image:Med 1.png RS:X - Men's Windsurfer Flag of Turkey 2006 RS:X European Championships
2006 Image:Med 1.png RS:X - Men's Windsurfer Flag of the Netherlands Holland Regatta
2006 Image:Med 2.png RS:X - Men's Windsurfer Flag of France Semaine Olympique Française
2006 Image:Med 1.png RS:X - Men's Windsurfer Flag of Spain HRH Princess Sofia Trophy
2006 Image:Med 1.png RS:X - Men's Windsurfer Flag of the United States Rolex Miami OCR
2004 Image:Med 3.png Mistral - Men Flag of Greece 2004 Summer Olympics
2003 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of Greece Saronikos Gulf Regatta
2003 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of Spain XXXIV Princess Sofia Trophy
2003 Image:Med 2.png Mistral - Men Flag of Greece Athens Eurolymp Week
2002 Image:Med 2.png Mistral - Men Flag of Germany Kieler Woche
2002 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of the United Kingdom North Sea Cup Series - Herne Bay
2002 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of the Netherlands SPA Regatta
2002 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of New Zealand Sail Auckland
2002 Image:Med 2.png Mistral - Men Flag of Australia Sail Melbourne
2001 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of Germany Kieler Woche
2001 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of Spain XXXII Princess Sofia Trophy
2001 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of Greece Athens Eurolymp Week
2000 16. Mistral - Men Flag of Australia 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Image:Med 3.png Mistral - Men Flag of Germany Kieler Woche
2000 Image:Med 1.png Mistral - Men Flag of the United Kingdom North Sea Cup Series - Pevensey Bay
2000 Image:Med 2.png Mistral - Men Flag of Egypt Penta Mistral Cup
1998 Image:Med 3.png Mistral - Men Flag of South Africa 1998 Mistral World Youth Championship

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